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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Nashville, TN

June 13, 1997Franklin County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1997, 4:54 PM CDT for Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1997, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1997, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Winchester, TNWinds were estimated to be 60 mph.
Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Northeast Sections, TNSheriff 's office estimated winds to be 60 mph in northeast Franklin county.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1392 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

552 
WFUS1 KBNA 132155 RRA
TORBNA
TNC051-132245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
454 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 452 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR HUNTLAND. THE
TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH...AND WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF
WINCHESTER NEAR ROWE GAP BY 515 PM...AND TO NEAR SHERWOOD BY 525 PM.
YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
TT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne46 min
Jun 13, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson42 min
Jun 13, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury43 min
Jun 13, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson33 min
Jun 13, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson36 min
Jun 13, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner48 min
Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson50 min
Jun 13, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale31 min
Jun 13, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson46 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Smith45 min
Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Warren35 min
Jun 13, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay30 min
Jun 13, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam53 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb29 min
Jun 13, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton41 min
Jun 13, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett34 min
Jun 13, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin29 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton52 min
Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart44 min
Jun 13, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy, Marion40 min
Jun 13, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys57 min
Jun 13, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton49 min
Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson67 min
Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Perry64 min
Jun 13, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson40 min
Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham31 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.